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Q. 06 / 128American Government → Rights and Responsibilities

What does the Bill of Rights protect?

OFFICIAL ANSWER
  • (The basic) rights of Americans
  • (The basic) rights of people living in the United States
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Context

Ratified in 1791, the Bill of Rights comprises the first ten amendments to the Constitution. James Madison drafted them to address concerns that the original Constitution did not explicitly protect individual liberties. These amendments limit what the federal government (and, after the Fourteenth Amendment, state governments) can do to restrict personal freedoms.

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